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Influence Of Hospital Communication On Health Supervision Of High-Risk Infants, Alda L. Forte
Influence Of Hospital Communication On Health Supervision Of High-Risk Infants, Alda L. Forte
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
The study was conducted to explore the extent to which communication about high-risk infants identified prior to hospital discharge, influences the public health nursing supervision to these infants during the neonatal period. A high-risk infant was defined as one that stands a greater than average chance of developing neonatal, life threatening disease or sequellae (physical, intellectual, or social handicap) due usually to maternal health or social factors, infant factors such as length of gestation, birth trauma, or complications at birth. The hypothesis tested was that when high-risk infants are identified prior to hospital discharge and this information communicated on the …